Monday, July 18, 2011

Since summer break, the bedroom projects have been put to the side, but I'm getting there! :)

There will be wall-to-wall curtains hung behind the bed and I needed something heavy duty and affordable.

Buying a custom size curtain rod for the room could get really expensive. Mom suggested using conduit pipe found in most hardware stores as the curtain rod .

So, I used one inch pipe and let's just say... it wasn't easy sawing it in two. We only had a hack saw on hand. Nicole and I took turns and eventually we got it done. I knew all those muscles I developed after toting around four babies would come in handy!

Bless Nicole for coming over and helping me, it was definitely a two person job and I needed all the moral support I could get as we anchored the brackets into the studs!

We used a conduit pipe connector to attach the two pipes in the center, and hung the pipe on L brackets mounted into the studs. At each pipe end, we hung metal closet rod holders. Worked like a charm!

We have a couple different options that we'll share later of how we are actually going to attach the rod to the